Pope Francis again uses slur for gay priests in the Vatican: Italian media (www.usatoday.com)
She was a top supporter of a right-wing mogul. Now she’s a star witness against him. (www.motherjones.com)
Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose Use of I.V.F. as ‘Fetal Personhood’ Gains Momentum (www.nytimes.com)
ProPublica Updates “Supreme Connections” Database With New Justice Disclosures (www.propublica.org)
Elon Musk’s Boundary-Blurring Relationships With Women at SpaceX (www.wsj.com)
Man, fuck this guy
Trump cites Biden’s 'disturbing grin' in effort to terminate limited gag order in hush money case - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/16461352...
Supreme Court rules U.S. must pay more for Native American tribes’ health care - SCOTUSblog (www.scotusblog.com)
Man with gun, body armor and writings that said 'You gonna learn today' arrested in NYC, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
Book about book bans banned by Florida school board (www.theguardian.com)
Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparations (apnews.com)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit of the last two survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dampening the hope of advocates for racial justice that the government would make amends for one of the worst single acts of violence against Black people in U.S. history....
Ukrainian children aged 8 to 15 who were abducted by Putin's military listed on Russian adoption sites with at least two kids having Russified variant of their original names, investigation finds (www.pressreader.com)
Original article behind paywall...
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal challenge in CAS ruling (www.usatoday.com)
NY governor calls vandalism at the homes of Jewish board members of the Brooklyn Museum ‘an abhorrent act of antisemitism’ (www.cnn.com)
Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank: Nearly Half of the Dead are Children (theintercept.com)
Around 9:30 p.m. in late February, a white Mazda pulled up near a game cafe in the Jenin refugee camp on the northern edge of the West Bank, where a crowd of boys and young men often gathered to socialize....
‘The big story of the 21st century’: is this the most shocking documentary of the year? (www.theguardian.com)
In 2013, the US food conglomerate Smithfield Foods – the country’s largest pork producer and maker of the famous holiday ham – was sold to a Hong Kong-based company called WH Group in a deal worth $7.1bn. It was the largest ever Chinese acquisition of an American company; virtually overnight, WH Group, formerly called...
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of Olympics after losing legal battle (www.theguardian.com)
The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in March 2022, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport – and with it any hopes of making next month’s Paris Olympics....
White Supremacist Group At General Mills Used KKK Imagery To Intimidate, Silence Black Workers, Lawsuit Alleges (atlantadailyworld.com)
cross-posted from: yall.theatl.social/post/2919644...
Man convicted in killings of 8 from another Ohio family seeks new trial - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Joey Chestnut out of 2024 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest over deal with rival brand (sports.yahoo.com)
Joey Chestnut, a legendary competitive eater and 16-time Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has been banned from the 2024 contest due to a new deal with rival brand Impossible Foods....
Abused by the badge: police officer child sexual abuse in America. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Anne Sacoolas said she ‘drove like an American’, Harry Dunn inquest told (www.theguardian.com)
Middle East Crisis: Blinken Calls Some Hamas Changes to Cease-Fire Proposal ‘Unacceptable’ (www.nytimes.com)
Speaking at a news conference in Doha, Qatar, alongside Qatar’s prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Mr. Blinken said that “a deal was on the table that was virtually identical” to one that Hamas put forward on May 6....
Some Hamas demands for cease-fire changes are unworkable, Blinken says (www.nbcnews.com)
Bill to Fund Stillbirth Prevention and Research Passes Congress (www.propublica.org)
The bill expands the use of existing federal money to be used to fight stillbirths. Lawmakers cited ProPublica’s reporting on the issue as key to adding urgency and building support for the measure....